One Of The Greatest Lies A Writer Can Tell Themselves Is That They Will Remember The Idea That They Came

um sorry for moaning when you stabbed me. it's been a really long time since anyone touched me like that

if i ever tell you about my past, it's not for you to feel sorry for me, but for you to understand why i am the way i am

If this is ever not on my blog, call 911 because I'm either dead or something is very, very wrong

She’s like Sonic

I bet yall didn't know that cats think of cleaning another animal as a sign of dominance and bunnies think of being cleaned as a sign of dominance so they both think they're in charge here lol

(If you already knew this please don't tell me I want to pretend I know things.)

"I AM SPREADING MY TOES, THEY'RE AS SPREAD AS THEY'RE GONNA GET!" -My neighbor, while my sister paints her toes

write like your ribs are paper and the words are trying to claw their way out.

write what you swore you'd bury.

write until your hands ache and your heart feels seen.

I work retail, and have for many years now. I'm not an easily fazed person and have a Talk No Shit, Take No Shit mentality. However, I also have a pretty intense anxiety disorder on top of other mental health issues and when I started 6+ years ago there were some customers who got to me.

So, to all the workers facing Karens and Kens out in the wild, here's my advice - cry.

If you have the type of relationships with your coworkers and managers that will support you, don't try to hold it in. Cry like the overworked, underpaid peon you are.

Nothing terrifies an asshole Karen like the indisputable proof that their actions/words are affecting you as a real live person. They feel perfectly entitled to cuss out a cashier over a wrong order/no cash policy/ face mask mandate but when that person starts to cry and asks them why they'd say such mean things? A whole other story, my friend.

There's no way to make that situation look good to the manager they demanded to speak with, either. My manager literally got a security guard fired for being so verbally abusive he made one of her employees cry.

This strategy has multiple benefits -

1. You're not standing there trying to pen up your emotions, crying is a great physical release for negative emotions and you may very well feel somewhat better afterwards.

2. The person who precipitated the situation is forced to not only see you as a person with feelings, but also has to confront the fact that their abuse has consequences beyond themselves.

3. It can actually give your higher-ups leverage to address these situations. 'They yelled at my employee' is one thing, but 'They yelled at my employee until they were in tears' is a waaaaay worse offense. A good manager can use that. Hell, it can get a security guard fired!

tl;dr: We live in a capitalist hell but we can work the system and cry at work to shame awful customers

these two freaks are gonna meet each other I'm not ready

I just know Hinata fell first! No one can change my mind! HAHAHAHA

All right that's it I'm done how the fuck do you italicize shit in these posts